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- 01 Jun 1999
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Sheila Lirio Marcelo
complete overhaul of an important booklet articulating the role of Ed Reps, while helping to strengthen the MBA Academic Committee. In addition, she revitalized the troubled HBS Ventures, a collection of campus businesses ranging from printing operations to View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Lydia M. Marshall: Gumption and Grace
After graduating from Wellesley, she took a position in retailing that inspired her to enroll in the MBA Program. One of only three African-American women in her class, Marshall thrived at HBS and credits the School with teaching her "the... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Green Day
30 to 40 tons of dry biomass per hectare (just under 2.5 acres). (The energy balance ratio of corn ethanol is around 1 to 1, while sugarcane ethanol stands at about 8 to 1.) None of this was lost on Brazilian native Ana Maria Diniz (OPM 36, 2007). Formerly a high-level... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
A Place in the Sun
Previously, Martin, at French mass retailer The Casino Group, and Giraud, at Euro Disney (with Bourguignon), had both proven their mettle as managers in turnaround situations. Martin and Giraud stress that Club Med's core business is... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna and Garry Emmons
- 25 Feb 2020
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Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2020
in an Omnichannel World, Vol. 8 edited by Santiago Gallino and Antonio Moreno, Sicupira Family Associate Professor, Technology and Operations Management Unit Springer Series in Supply Chain Management The world of retailing has changed... View Details
- 04 Nov 2020
- News
The Long View: Persevering Through Past Crises
Fienning, MBA Class of 1970, Section C. Five years after graduation, I was a partner in a mobile-home retailing company in Greensboro, North Carolina. I was a bachelor, living in a mobile home, and trying to create a manufactured housing... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Taxi Wars of Jakarta
customers amid an explosion of online retail options. Grab users can also courier parcels or order food delivery through its app. Go-Jek’s app does those things too, and also lets users order concert tickets and even a beautician to their... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Extraordinary People
includes shopping malls, retail stores, real estate, wind energy, and banks. Working alongside his son, Murat (MBA ’03), and daughter, Aysecan (a Stanford MBA), Özyeğin has tireless energy and regularly works 10-hour days. “I’m still a... View Details
Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Case Study: Your Call Is Important to Us
business by focusing on the small- and mid-sized market across all industries. The question is how to get there. Slang.ai is currently serving clients in three verticals (restaurants and hospitality, ecommerce, and brick-and-mortar retail... View Details
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
Marking 10-Year Connection with Japanese Earthquake Region
cooperative’s plan to rebuild its decimated workforce. Kenichi Nonomura (MBA 2012), who was on the first Tōhoku trip and attended the virtual reunion, contributed to the case study “The Great East Japan Earthquake (B): Fast Retailing... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Long-Term Interest: Bill Crozier, a Banker Pegged to the Customer
An innovative thinker who created BayBanks, one of the most successful retail banking franchises in the United States, William M. Crozier, Jr. (MBA '63) has a lot to say about the evolution of banking. As head of BayBanks for 21 years,... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
ANDRUS: Unemployed at graduation, an unlikely and inspiring odyssey takes him from his parents’ basement to the corner office of a company on the cutting edge. Photos by August Miller HBS Alumni of a certain vintage might recall a BusinessWeek article from a decade ago... View Details
- 28 Nov 2014
- News
Flat Organizations Like Zappos Need Pockets of Privacy
Keywords: leadership; employee management; innovation; holacracy; Retail Trade; Retail Trade; Retail Trade
- 26 Feb 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Morgan Hermand-Waiche (MBA 2010)
HERMAND-WAICHE What's the story behind Adore Me? "I had always wanted to start a company in the United States and after three years at McKinsey & Company, and following my graduation from HBS, I felt ready to take the plunge. Prior to launching Adore Me, I partnered... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Replicating Toyota's Success
The idea of human cloning is controversial, but cloning a successful business concept remains as desirable as ever. For HBS assistant professor Steven J. Spear, this pursuit led him to Toyota, whose perennial leadership in quality manufacturing attracts many would-be... View Details
- 16 Dec 2010
- News
How to Build a Brand Like Corona (VIDEO)
- 28 Jun 2011
- News
Bold Ascent
Baka: Hiking in Marin County with daughter, Isabella Sunshine. Photo courtesy Tim Baka Tim Baka (MBA ’93) is a self-confessed “numbers guy” who doesn’t wear a tie. As cofounder and president of SlingFin, a Berkeley, California-based startup that provides... View Details
- 09 Apr 2012
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Rethinking Women's Clothing Sizes
- 16 May 2017
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Facing the Board
percent control of BlackRock. “Are you recommending we grow domestically?” asked Gordon. “Initially, yes,” said Kashyap. “We are not ready for the combination of both retail and expanding abroad, neither of which we have much experience... View Details
- 29 Apr 2021
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Equal Partner
working in the fashion and retail industry—as the director of Global Strategy at Donna Karan (a division of LVMH), the general manager of Shop Your Way and the founder of Mintbox, a flash sale and loyalty startup—she helped to organize... View Details